Bilbo stayed in the shire for all of these years whereas Frodo came closer and closer to barad'dur/Mount Doom which most probably increased its power.
Also, we don't know much about Smeagol but we know that not all Hobbits are good. Just witness the family of Bolbo/Frodo (cousins or whatnots) who wanted to have Bag End when Bilbo left; they were far from angels.
The hearing was done by the administrative judge Wells, not by judge Kimball who is the one whose opinion matters the most.
Also, if they cannot comply wih IBM's discovery within 30 days SCO has to file an affidavit so I wouldn't be surprised if they did do that to delay even more.
Still, it's interesting to see that at least one person with the point of view from the judge's chair doesn't seem to appreciate SCO's behavior (producing printed source code, stalling...) to the point of not giving them more time because of the end of year festivities.
Yeah, but they are doing this to get the masses used to the idea. This year they will reject it with massive outcry; in ten year it will not seem so outlandish and in 50 years it will be accepted without problems and if you are one of the few that don't accept it you will be thought of as a whacko.
Actually lawsuits is a feature that was present in the *BSDs since the early 90's and Linux is only catching up with them today. All this thanks to SCO (which is what they are claiming in their lawsuit).
Oh dear. Darl probably noticed that their stock didn't go up to $45 but rather went back down to around $14 and panicked and subponeaed a few guys in the lawsuit to make investors believe that they are competently litigating this.
Luckily the Pump seems to be a bit dry today, even after they opened their mouth; is it a sign that investors are catching on on their scam? I surely hope so.
Also, being served a subponea hopefully will be the last straw for Linus before he files a copyright infringement suit against SCO.
That's nothing. There is already a prequel written (something called "The Hobbit" I think) and other prequel have been partially written (Silmarillion, lost tales...) I find it disgusting what the lust for money will make people do to a rather good movie.
Because the votes of the small guy getting ripped of will have to go somewhere and if that somewhere is not your party then it puts your party at a (small) disadvantage because you don't benefit but your opponent does so it is in your interest not to have the small guy ripped off (unless his votes go to you but then it's the other parties that have in their interest not to have the small guy ripped off by you).
I know it's a joke but it should be +5i so that it is modded up for people to see but the poster doesn't get the corresponding karma so as not to encourage them to post stupid/wrong things.
I must say I absolutely didn't see that coming and if somebody had told be beforehand I probably would have chuckled.
This means a version of Windows for PowerPC and, if they use the G5, a 64 bit version of Windows.
I think the former used to exist a while ago (NT4?) and the latter is available in a more or less broken form but the fact that XBox2 would be a fixed hardware platform may allow them to make a better version.
I'm no MS fan but I can only see that as a good sign as long as they don't use the 32 bit subset of the PPC architecture, it could help them with a better 64 bit Windows which would help drive the adoption of such systems up and therefore drive the price down; which would help enlarging the 64 bit Linux userbase.
Ok, it's a lot of "if's" but at least it opens the possibility a bit wider.
You say: "They can also understand that the counting is fair, and that every person involved is watched by at least one other person. In most democratic countries, voting offices are staffed by representatives from every party taking part in the election."
This is why Open Source Electronic Voting would be safer, because even though your Grandma and even you would not be able to check all the 100,000 lines of code it still would be available for the different political parties to check themselves and THEY have a good incentive to make sure the system is fair, or at least not biased against them, with the opposite party making sure it isn't biased against them... resulting in a system that isn't biased against anyone; i.e. a fair system.
Also note that I said safer instead of safe because you have to account for human error and the like, but it still would be a step forward to what is used today.
One posts mentioned kcal and another mentioned that it was written in kilojoules in some countries and a third poster said that it was a different unit because "1 kcal = 4.187 kilojoules".
At that point you said that "No, it is not a different unit"... "Both joules and calories are measures of energy" implying that calories and joules are the same unit because both measures energy. This is what I consider an implicit definition of a unit in such a way that two units (for the rest of the world) measuring the same thing (energy, distance, temperature...) seem to be considered by you as a single unit.
At which point I asked you if you considered kilometers and miles the same unit (given that they both measure distance).
Then you insulted me.
Then I tried to explain my (admitedly rather lame) joke.
Then you get out of your ass this idea of me not knowing about the kilo prefix. And what the hell does it have to do with our little flamewar? We were talking about units, not prefixes, so why do you even mention it?
As for taking chemistry classes I did have some (although it wasn't too advanced) and I don't remember using the kilo prefix in chemistry. I rather remember using the milli prefix and others nearby in chemistry; the kilo prefix being more suited for use in Physics class.
As for growing a brain I am afraid that I will have to pass as I already have a fully functional one. Or maybe you wanted me to grow a brain for you due to your own inability to do so an in order for you to be able to post a coherent response.
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Bilbo stayed in the shire for all of these years whereas Frodo came closer and closer to barad'dur/Mount Doom which most probably increased its power.
Also, we don't know much about Smeagol but we know that not all Hobbits are good. Just witness the family of Bolbo/Frodo (cousins or whatnots) who wanted to have Bag End when Bilbo left; they were far from angels.
There is a protective order on the discovery so we won't get to see any of it (of course).
The hearing was done by the administrative judge Wells, not by judge Kimball who is the one whose opinion matters the most.
Also, if they cannot comply wih IBM's discovery within 30 days SCO has to file an affidavit so I wouldn't be surprised if they did do that to delay even more.
Still, it's interesting to see that at least one person with the point of view from the judge's chair doesn't seem to appreciate SCO's behavior (producing printed source code, stalling...) to the point of not giving them more time because of the end of year festivities.
Well, duh. If you add a PIN to your tag tehy will not only need to remove your tag but also to remove your BRAIN in order to get your PIN.
Haven't you heard of all the brain muggings going on with credit cards using PINS?
Yeah, but they are doing this to get the masses used to the idea. This year they will reject it with massive outcry; in ten year it will not seem so outlandish and in 50 years it will be accepted without problems and if you are one of the few that don't accept it you will be thought of as a whacko.
Actually lawsuits is a feature that was present in the *BSDs since the early 90's and Linux is only catching up with them today. All this thanks to SCO (which is what they are claiming in their lawsuit).
AIX and Dynix
I guess that means that John Siracusa's job at Ars is secured
Oh dear. Darl probably noticed that their stock didn't go up to $45 but rather went back down to around $14 and panicked and subponeaed a few guys in the lawsuit to make investors believe that they are competently litigating this.
Luckily the Pump seems to be a bit dry today, even after they opened their mouth; is it a sign that investors are catching on on their scam? I surely hope so.
Also, being served a subponea hopefully will be the last straw for Linus before he files a copyright infringement suit against SCO.
That's nothing. There is already a prequel written (something called "The Hobbit" I think) and other prequel have been partially written (Silmarillion, lost tales...) I find it disgusting what the lust for money will make people do to a rather good movie.
Because the votes of the small guy getting ripped of will have to go somewhere and if that somewhere is not your party then it puts your party at a (small) disadvantage because you don't benefit but your opponent does so it is in your interest not to have the small guy ripped off (unless his votes go to you but then it's the other parties that have in their interest not to have the small guy ripped off by you).
Any other questions?
I know it's a joke but it should be +5i so that it is modded up for people to see but the poster doesn't get the corresponding karma so as not to encourage them to post stupid/wrong things.
Yeah, thanks, I was to lazy to look the details up.
The number is taken out of somebody's ass. I think somebody used it as an example upthread.
And the less lines, the easier it is to understand.
I must say I absolutely didn't see that coming and if somebody had told be beforehand I probably would have chuckled.
This means a version of Windows for PowerPC and, if they use the G5, a 64 bit version of Windows.
I think the former used to exist a while ago (NT4?) and the latter is available in a more or less broken form but the fact that XBox2 would be a fixed hardware platform may allow them to make a better version.
I'm no MS fan but I can only see that as a good sign as long as they don't use the 32 bit subset of the PPC architecture, it could help them with a better 64 bit Windows which would help drive the adoption of such systems up and therefore drive the price down; which would help enlarging the 64 bit Linux userbase.
Ok, it's a lot of "if's" but at least it opens the possibility a bit wider.
Tove Torvalds (Linus's wife) was a Finnish Karate champion so I don't think the Groupies would stand the challenge of going past her.
You say: "They can also understand that the counting is fair, and that every person involved is watched by at least one other person. In most democratic countries, voting offices are staffed by representatives from every party taking part in the election."
This is why Open Source Electronic Voting would be safer, because even though your Grandma and even you would not be able to check all the 100,000 lines of code it still would be available for the different political parties to check themselves and THEY have a good incentive to make sure the system is fair, or at least not biased against them, with the opposite party making sure it isn't biased against them... resulting in a system that isn't biased against anyone; i.e. a fair system.
Also note that I said safer instead of safe because you have to account for human error and the like, but it still would be a step forward to what is used today.
On Linux with Mplayer installed:
mplayer mms://wmt-od.stream.ne.jp/ntv/hkzkt/hkzkt10.wmv -dumpstream -dumpfile filename.wmv
Will save the video in the file filename.wmv
Them's is fighting words.
"In fact, has Boies ever won anything?"
Maybe when he was still working at IBM?
Just make sure your kids don't receive the thoughts of what you want from your wife.
The difference is SCO claims the copyright but will not tell you what it is whereas Diebold tells you what it is but doesn't claim the copyright.
"That's because "Mister Softee" is the nickname for Microsoft among stock traders (from the symbol MSFT)."
Shouldn't it be Miss Fart?
It's quite good. I managed to get a friend to try Pratchett after she observed by bursting into laughs while reading a particularly funny passage.
One posts mentioned kcal and another mentioned that it was written in kilojoules in some countries and a third poster said that it was a different unit because "1 kcal = 4.187 kilojoules".
At that point you said that "No, it is not a different unit"
At which point I asked you if you considered kilometers and miles the same unit (given that they both measure distance).
Then you insulted me.
Then I tried to explain my (admitedly rather lame) joke.
Then you get out of your ass this idea of me not knowing about the kilo prefix. And what the hell does it have to do with our little flamewar? We were talking about units, not prefixes, so why do you even mention it?
As for taking chemistry classes I did have some (although it wasn't too advanced) and I don't remember using the kilo prefix in chemistry. I rather remember using the milli prefix and others nearby in chemistry; the kilo prefix being more suited for use in Physics class.
As for growing a brain I am afraid that I will have to pass as I already have a fully functional one. Or maybe you wanted me to grow a brain for you due to your own inability to do so an in order for you to be able to post a coherent response.